What does va y + verbo mean?
Expression
and then she goes and… — the construction that flags outrage
The ir means nothing: it warns you that what follows is unbelievable, unexpected or intolerable. Va la niña y dice, voy y le contesto, va el tío y se marcha. Without the formula the sentence would be a fact; with it, it is an accusation. It is among the most frequent things in Spanish storytelling and it is almost never taught.
Y va y me dice que la culpa era mía.
